Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
- Occupation
- poet, philosopher, essayist, autobiographer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 12, 1817
- Died
- May 6, 1862
